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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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